Lawsuit Over Nudity in 'Romeo and Juliet' Dismissed by Judge.

A lawsuit brought by the lead actors in the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" against Paramount Pictures over a scene in which their characters wake up in bed together nude has been dismissed by a judge in California. The actors, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, asserted that they were underage at the time of filming and that the movie's director had assured them that they would be wearing flesh-colored undergarments during the bedroom scene. The judge dismissed the lawsuit, writing that the claim concerned filmmaking, a protected activity under the First Amendment.